Getting your cheap Android Phone/Tablet to get detected for Debugging by Linux (Mint or Ubuntu)

Welcome to a post another road block I recently solved on the Android development saga. I got myself a cheap Android tablet (Byond Mi-1). In an effort to use it for Android Development with Linux Mint / Ubuntu, I had to get across quite a few steps other than what is normal. Lets go step by step:

Figure out your Tablet’s Vendor ID – Use the lsusb command. It will dump out the details of all the USB devices connected to your machine. Usually your cheap tablet will not show up with a name on the dump, however in most likelihood it will be the last item on that list. To be sure, copy the output of the lsusb command into a text editor or spreadsheet. Then connect your Tablet with the computer and turn on Mass Storage (on the tablet). Run lsusb again and grab the dump and put it into a text editor or spreadsheet. There should be an extra line pertaining to your device. There will be an ID in the form of ID 1234:5678. 1234 will be your Vendor id. Take a note of it.